If you look futher down on the wiki site there is a link to google patents site showing the application in filed in 1938 for the aircraft undercarriage.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=94JqAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

Spotted this afternoon pottering due south over my house in Doveridge (near Uttoxeter) (Me and my better half waved but as it was on top of us I doubt if they saw us looking silly in the back garden!) I waved and then later flying above the A50 towards Derby what looked like a very nice US livered Piper Cub(?)

Anyone know where it is based as I would love a closer look!

To all who organized the AA event – a great evening all round – well done!!

Room for improvement?? Err a little bit warmer next time would be good!…..err.. the only other thing I can think about is perhaps being able to peep into the hangers??

Every time I have been to AA I am always impressed by the general attitude of staff members – they always seem really pleased to be doing what they are doing – something which is rare these days – especially on a cold night in December!

The Heron in her new paint is looking gorgeous – anyone know what her plans are?

Thanks once again!

Hi – You can certainly get them from the SallyB sales unit (two versions are available – as she is now or in 447 bomb group colours she wore in the mid 1980s) or if you can’t get to an airshow try emailing the office through the website:

http://sallyb.org.uk/index.php

AFAIK, they were only every sold new as individual models through B17 Preservation. Corgi provided a limited edition run. (You could however buy SallyB with a P51 and P47 in a pack elsewhere)

Don’t forget the important bit! – any profit goes to a very good cause!!:D

Hi – Have not been to Verbier but done a bit of touring around Switzerland. We stayed in Evolene (a couple of valleys up from Verbier) which was about 30 mins drive from Sion.

Sion is worth a trip for a bit of Swiss airforce action. Its also a nice town.

The whole area is very beautiful – lots of walks – in Evolene you could drive to the foot of a glacier – and the colour of the lakes/rivers is just amazing.

Montreux IIRC is about 1.5 hours from Sion – along the flat bit betwen the mountains! Montreux has a ‘Nice’ – south of france sort of feel to it – check out Freddy Mercury looking over Lake Geneva!

We also caught a train through the mountain (like a MK1 channel tunnel) to Interlaken – and you can’t get more Swiss than Interlaken!

Also if you can get to Zurich you must visit the Dubendorf – the Swiss Airforce museum (treat yourself to a Ju air flight on a Ju52). Luzern is also a very beautiful city – and a fabulous museum there with a Coronado!

enjoy!

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